Kiira Korpi
Surviving the Ruthless World of Championship Figure Skating
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2022
Summary
Finnish figure skater Kiira Korpi’s career included triumphal championships and bitter disappointments. Trained from early childhood in a sport that demands uncompromising self-discipline and unrelenting work, her “fight until you make it” attitude brought her success and fame–and an insidious performance anxiety. Mental and physical burnout forced her retirement in 2015.
With interviews and quotes from family, friends, coaches and competitors, Korpi’s candid memoir describes the maki…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781476685083 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1476685088 |
| Author: | Kiira Korpi, Jere Nurminen |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Imprint: | McFarland & Co Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
“An impressive and candidly informative sports biography.”—Midwest Book Review
About The Author
Kiira Korpi
Kiira Korpi is the winner of several European Figure Skating Championship medals and Grand Prix events, a five-time Finnish Champion and two-time Olympian. Now a psychology student living in New York, she trains young skaters using positive coaching methods.
Jere Nurminen is Director of Communications and Brand at Yle (the Finnish Broadcasting Company), where his long career as a sports journalist has focused on figure skating.
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